I don't know why this multibajillionaire still doesn't know how to close out games.
He LITERALLY gave the game away.
Yes, Sheppard made a defensive mistake. But he shouldn't have even been in the position to do so.
Very simple for an experienced, well-organized, smart coach to engineer that victory when we took the ball out of bounds up two points.
CALL A TIMEOUT before the inbounds AND before the free throws! Cal had THREE LEFT!
1. Get the ball inbounded to Sheppard so he can knock down the FTs and game over.
2. Failing that, make sure if we miss a FT that you FOUL so they can't shoot a three.
3. Failing that, make sure you have someone glued to Clayton Jr. so he can't get off a three.
4. Failing that, call timeout with 3 seconds left.
So many opportunities and Cal squandered them all.
Isn't it his JOB to prepare the team for situations like this?
He LITERALLY gave the game away.
Yes, Sheppard made a defensive mistake. But he shouldn't have even been in the position to do so.
Very simple for an experienced, well-organized, smart coach to engineer that victory when we took the ball out of bounds up two points.
CALL A TIMEOUT before the inbounds AND before the free throws! Cal had THREE LEFT!
1. Get the ball inbounded to Sheppard so he can knock down the FTs and game over.
2. Failing that, make sure if we miss a FT that you FOUL so they can't shoot a three.
3. Failing that, make sure you have someone glued to Clayton Jr. so he can't get off a three.
4. Failing that, call timeout with 3 seconds left.
So many opportunities and Cal squandered them all.
Isn't it his JOB to prepare the team for situations like this?